Help with ObjectBar

Impressive software, but information is lacking

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I have recently bought and installed ObjectBar Plus, and I'm pretty impressed, but highly frustrated by the lack of any information as to how to do some of the advertised things.

I have been a heavy user of Virtual Desktops for many many years - since OS/2 times - and am almost incapable of running my PC without them; at best hamstrung.

I always used to use ControlCenter for VD, since it had a few other goodies - clock with date, and some usable HDD usage meters. The DesktopX version, I consider, is ugly, and the widgets and stuff I've found available don't give me the functionality that I had before. There's no colour-coding on the HDD displays, the date isn't customizable to the format I want, etc. Just in the last couple of weeks, when I have been flipping very often between virtual desktops, I have found that CC, according to Task Manager, has been starting to consume between 20% and 40% of the CPU on my 1.8MHz Dual processor system.

I can find indications in various places that Stardock Virtual Desktops can be implemented in a dock, but nowhere is there anything about HOW. The nearest I've been to anything is jeffsvwm.dxpack, but that's only a little square which allows me to choose one of four virtual desktops - I run with five. The Stardock Virtual Desktops seems to be the way to go, IF it really can be implemented in a dock, in which case it would be in a dock on its own, replacing the CC I have now. The Add and Add Entry items in docks and tabbed docks give a multitude of categories to choose from, but which one of them represents VD?
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Try here:ZubaZ' OB walkthrough
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
That's a good walk through Z.
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Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
ObjectBar Plus


The Add and Add Entry items in docks and tabbed docks give a multitude of categories to choose from, but which one of them represents VD?


I believe your actually talking about Object Dock Plus not ObjectBar. I have not come across any method for adding VD to Object Dock Plus. It's easily accomplished with ObjectBar which is a different program and part of the Object Desktop subscription.
Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top
Thanks, Lantec, for pointing out the egg on my face! Yes, I was talking about Object Dock Plus. Unfortunately, Virtual Desktops under ObjectBar don't function in the same way as under DesktopX. An essential feature of VD for me is the ability to display window replicas. I'm doing a lot of stuff involving cataloguing recorded jazz, ripping, burning, consulting two discographies and picking up discographic information from All Music Guide, and I need the ability to temporarily move windows between VDs to facilitate copying information.

Under OB I can get a horizontal array of VDs and a clock, and SOMETIMES window replicas, which have a tendency to disappear, never to return until after a reboot. I can get a vertical array and a clock, which is what I want, but NEVER any window replicas. All I can do with VDs is flip between named VDs without being able to see at a glance what's in them, or move any application between them. Not only that, but after going back to the DesktopX version of ControlCenter, it now crashes from time to time, and cannot display window replicas any more until after a reboot.